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Coche, John J.

Burial Saturday For John J. Coche

John J. Coche, 74, native of Central City, died while shopping in a Louisville grocery store Wednesday, Sept. 25. His body will arrive here Friday on the 3:24 P.M. train.

His funeral will be held in Louisville Friday at 10:00 A.M. and again here at 10:00 A.M. Saturday. Internment will be in the Fairmount Cemetery with the E. J. Anderson Funeral Home in charge. Father Victor Boarman will officiate at the local rites.

Mr. Coche was an employee of the Illinois Central Railroad for 57 years and had been an engineer since 1897 up to the time of his retirement several years ago.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Dolan Coche, and three brothers and three sisters. They are: Mrs. W. T. Campbell, Mrs. John Magann, Mrs. V. C. Fortney, Messrs. Hugh E., William D. and Robert T. Coche.

Mr. Coche was born Nov. 8, 1871 in Dawson Springs but spent most of his early life in Central City. He started to work for the IC when only 16 as a hostler and rose to the position of engineer.

Coche, William David

Retired IC Worker Dies in Paducah Hospital

William David Coche, 69, retired Illinois Central Railroad worker, died at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 23, in the IC Railroad Hospital in Paducah.

He was a lifelong resident of Central City, a member of the Central City First Presbyterian Church and the Brotherhood of Railroaders.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sallile Coche; two sons, Johnny and Bennie Ogden; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Fortney, Mrs. Nettie Campbell, and Mrs. John Magan; and other brother, Robert Coche, all of Central City.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at 10:15 at the Anderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe C. Gardner, pastor of the Paducah First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Edwin Elliott, pastor of the Central City First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Coffey, James F.

Mrs. Monaghan's Brother, 78, Dies

Lewis, Ind. - James F. Coffey, 78,, died at 7:30 a.m. recently in Veteran's Hospital in Indianapolis.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Marie Coffey; three sons, Charles, Lewis and Glen of Pimento Route 1; two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Wellman of Lewis and Mrs. Patty Richie of Terre Haute; brother, Charles of Herrin, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Barnaby of Mishawaka, Ind. and Mrs. Minnie Monaghan of Central City; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Floyd Miller officiated at services and burial was in Stephens Cemetery.

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Collins, Arthur Bennett & Claudia Rebecca Glenn

Two Central City Residents Die of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wounds Saturday

Two Central City residents, a 65-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man died Saturday as the result of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The tragedies occurred at their homes Saturday.

A. B. Collins, 405 N. Third, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rena Collins; one son, Malcolm Collins; granddaughter, Miss Sue Collins, Central City; one brother, Leslie Collins, Russellville; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Browning of Russellville, Mrs. Kate Young of New Washington, IN, and Mrs. Leo McPherson, Lewisburg.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m., Monday at the grave in the Lewisburg Cemetery with the Rev. Francis Tallant, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Central City, officiating.

Mrs. Claudia Rebecca Glenn, Chestnut Street, was survived by her husband, Robert Glenn, by one day; other survivors include a son, Gilbert Glenn, Owensboro; two brothers, Robert McAlister, Beaumont, TX, and Leo McAlister, Paris, TN; three sisters, Mrs. Jim Gossett, Mrs. Artie Thornton of Lyle, TN and Mrs. Ethel Hamburg of Nashville, TN.

She was a member of the Church of Christ.

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Cornette, Roy

Roy Cornette, 70, Is Buried Monday

Greenville - Roy Cornette, 70, died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11 at the Muhlenberg Community Hospital after an illness of several months. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the First Baptist Church of Greenville.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Cornette; three brothers, Elmer of Pueblo, Calif.; Claude of Greenville and Ernest of Clewiston, Fla.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. H. Curtis Erwin officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.

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Cotton, Charlie Richard

Tree Limb Kills County Native

Mortons Gap - Charlie Richard Cotton, 60, of Mortons Gap, was killed instantly at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, July 10, while cutting timber on a farm near Anton when a tree limb hit him in the head.

Mr. Cotton was born in Muhlenberg County Feb. 19, 1909, the son of the late Abraham Lincoln and Mary E. DeArmond Cotton. He was a member of Corley's Chapel at Graham.

Surviving are a brother, J. B. Cotton of Mortons Gap; seven sisters, Mrs. Dora Bethel and Mrs. Clarie Shanks, both of Warden, Ill., Mrs. Pearlie Gossett of Central City, Mrs. Effie Strader of Louisville, Mrs. Hessie Piper of Drakesboro, Mrs. Maggie Moore of Nortonville and Mrs. Fairy Bivins of Gary, Ind.; a number of nieces and nephews.

Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday in Madisonville by the Rev. W. T. Crumbaker with burial in Grapevine Cemetery.

He was employed by Ross Brothers of Central City.

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Updated May 11, 2025.

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